Budgeting for a family of four moving to Manly, Sydney

[stevopaul1]

Hi,

 

I'm trying to get a feel for what things will cost when we get over there. We are expecting to be paying $1000 p/week is rent to live where we want to (Manly for the first year anyway) and will of course enjoy LAFHA on a 457. My basic salary is in excess of $150k per annum but as we are not selling our house in the UK, we are not taking much capital (circa £10k).

 

Can anyone give me a breakdown of likely monthly costs assuming $4500 for rent? We have two young kids (8 and 4). We would probably want decent TV (foxtel) and Broadband although I'm working for one of the telcoms operators so might be able to get something free or at least subsidised.

 

Thanks very much